Improvement in bale-fasteners



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13e it known that I, ADDISON C. FLETCHER, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement onBale-Fastoners, applicable also to securing other packages, of which thefollowing is a full7 clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part ol' this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 represents a plan, face, `or iat View of abale-fastener, constructed according to my improvement, and with abaling-hoop on its end sections applied thereto.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section ofthe same. v s

Figure 3, a plan or face View ofthe plate of which the fastener'iscomposed detached, and

Figure 4, a longitudinal section of portion of the fastener-plato,slightly modified in its construction to adapt it to holding one end ofthe baling-hoop without the aid of a separate cross-loel1ing piu.

Like letters indicato like parts in both igures.

The nature ot' my invention consists ina peculiarly-constructed slottedplate, through which one or'both ends of the baling-hoop or wire areslipped a second time, or doubled and bridged formation to the plate,over one or more of certain ofthe slots, throughwhich a pin or nail ispassed to bind or lock the doubled ends ofthe hoop or Wire between theend or ends ofthe plate and sl0t, .over the edge or edges of which thehoop or wire is doubled. l

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A is a metallic plate constructedwith a slot or opening, a, in it, preferably of a width corresponding tothe width, or thereabouts, of the helinghoop or wire, hoopiron beingpreferred for baling cotton, and wire, .it may be, for` baling hay, theshape ormaterial of which the baling-tie is formed, varying with thedescription of the goods to be baled, and other circunrstances.` It-will suffice here, however, to refer to the tie asfmade of hoop-iron. Bis the one end of the tie, and C the other. The one of these ends may besecured, in any suitable manner, to the plate A, between its end and theopening a; thus it may be slipped through a second time, that is',doubled or twisted baeli or over the one edge ofthe opening a, and belocked as hereinafter described, or as represented in g. 4; its doubledend passed underneath the plate through a second slot, b, that may ormay not be bridged or arched, as hereinafter referred to. Supposing,however, both ends of the `Daling-hoop to be locked, then, in additionto two cross-slots or openings I) in the plate, between the opening tand ends of the plate, I form bridges or arches c, on -the outer surfacethereof, on the opposite sides or edges of the doubled portions ot' theheling-hoop, so that by simply passing a nail or pin, or `nails or pins,D, through the bridges or arches C, as represented in figs. 1 and 2, thedoubled ends of `the baling-hoop are lsprung at their crossing over theslots In, and securely held or locked, the springing ofthe hoopiron orwire serving to bea-r the nails or pins against the bridges C, and holdthem in place, but so that they muy be removed on tapping them with thehammer, when it is desired tol-unbale.

A bale-fastener thus` constructed is as simple as it is eii'ieient.` Thedevice, it is obvious, may be applied as a fastener to packages ofvario-us descriptionsother than bales.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bale-fastener composed of a plate, A, provided'with an opening, a, anda slot or slots, b, one or both of .the latter having arches c at theirsides, for use in connection with a pin or nail, or pins or nails, D, tosecure the bent or doubled end or ends of the baling-hoops or wires.substantially as specified.

ADDISON C. FLETCHER?" Witnesses:

J. W. Goonns, G. W. REED.

